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Almost half of lawyers support regulation around use of AI, IBA study finds

Report co-authored by the Center for AI and Digital Policy launched at IBA annual conference

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Weil private funds buildout continues with Goodwin partner hire

Karen Chao is the fourth private funds partner to join Weil since late 2023

Herbert Smith Freehills appoints new Africa leadership

London-based partner Martin Kavanagh takes helm of 200-partner group

Addleshaw Goddard adds highly regarded IP team from Stobbs

Five-strong team led by Geoff Steward has represented many leading brands in the retail sector

Slaughters, Travers and Simpson Thacher guide L&G's £1.35bn Cala Homes sale

Slaughters advises longtime client Legal & General as Travers Smith and Simpson Thacher counsel buyers Sixth Street Capital and Patron Capital

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Deals | UK

Mishcon de Reya recruits former NatWest boss

Alison Rose to advise on diversity and inclusion matters having left NatWest last year amid Farage 'debanking' scandal

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News | UK

Eversheds Sutherland names new co-chief executives

Keith Froud and Lino Mendiola take the helm in first leadership change since firm's creation through 2017 merger

Jury orders Samsung to pay $192m in patent suit

Jury in Texas found telecoms giant infringed five patents belonging to tech start-up

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News | US

Cadwalader global litigation co-chair joins Vinson & Elkins in New York

Jason Halper joins alongside newly-minted partner Sara Brauerman

A&O Shearman adds leveraged finance partner in Paris from Latham

Michel Houdayer latest in string of defections from Latham's Europe offices

Loeb & Loeb hires 17 from Perkins Coie in Beijing

Partners James Zimmerman and Scott Palmer take team to Loeb ahead of Perkins’ Beijing closure

Hogan Lovells to close offices in Johannesburg, Sydney and Warsaw

Closures to affect more than 120 lawyers and support staff

US music publisher the Royalty Network taps Quinn Emanuel for first GC

Daniel Abowd returns to company after three-year hiatus, including spell at the US litigation heavyweight

Latham adds senior tax partner in London from Travers Smith

Simon Skinner joins having earlier led Travers’ tax team

Halloumi cheese makers endure grilling at UK High Court

Producers had opposed registration of two trademarks in long running dispute with Fontana Food

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News | UK

Kennedys opens offices in Los Angeles and Seattle

UK firm continues US expansion after growth push that began with 2017 merger

Tinder-owner Match Group hires former Twitter GC as next CLO

Sean Edgett replaces Jared Sine, who left in February to join GoDaddy

Womble Bond Dickinson and Lewis Roca announce merger

Combination to create top 70 US firm with revenue of $740m and more than 1,300 lawyers

Celltrion avoids injunction at UPC in row over asthma drug

Novartis and Genentech had accused Korean rival of “imminent infringement” through marketing of biosimilar

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